ACCESS stands for Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, and Students Statewide. This program allows the student to view courses and teachers using technology. This program uses distant learning through technology to bring new and more advanced courses into classroom that do not have the resources (teachers or funds) to offer the courses. It uses websites and video conferences to connect to students statewide. This resource allows to internet to connect students to teacher and students to new educational opportunities.
ACCESS seems great. I have never had the opportunity to use or see ACCESS in action but I can imagine that it is detrimental to helping all of the state's communities get more educational needs met. I would love to see ACCESS in an actual classroom setting. Anything that brings more technology into the classroom is an important and valuable asset to our state education program.
Friday, May 29, 2009
ALEX (It's a life saver)
ALEX for anyone who does not know is the Alabama Learning Exchange. This probably still does not clear anything up. ALEX is a amazing resource for any and all teachers. ALEX is a website dedicated to lesson plans and to Alabama Course of Study requirements. Teachers can post their lesson plans on the ALEX website for other teachers and students to view. You can view the plans by subject or grade level. This sorting method helps to target the specific item you are looking for. An example of this of ALCOS MA3.2, which is Alabama Course of Study for mathematics in the 3rd grade objective 2. Then, you will be able to find lesson plans on how to teach that objective.
ALEX is a wonderful resource for teachers and student teachers because everything is laid out so organized. Anyone can navigate the site and find what they are looking for. I have already used ALEX in my classroom management course to help me learn to develop great lesson plans. All teachers have different styles and ALEX has so many varieties of lesson plans that every teacher could find something useful from this resource. The web address is alex.state.al.us. Make sure you check it out!
ALEX is a wonderful resource for teachers and student teachers because everything is laid out so organized. Anyone can navigate the site and find what they are looking for. I have already used ALEX in my classroom management course to help me learn to develop great lesson plans. All teachers have different styles and ALEX has so many varieties of lesson plans that every teacher could find something useful from this resource. The web address is alex.state.al.us. Make sure you check it out!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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